joining me now kirsten powers and columnist for the "daily beast" and served in the clinton administration. you learn something new every day. >> indeed. >> krir stirsten, good to see y. some of the e-mails changed clearly are trying to flatter him. he want to show him the star he is, show him the best of who he really is, present him as the star. i mean, that could just be a producer trying to stroke the staff so that they get the access they want. >> yeah, i think in some cases that could be it, but when i read the e-mails, i think some of it did cross the line. you're basically promising we're going to make him look like the star he is. and as it happens, they do, megyn. they make him look like a star. >> the end result is fair. who cares what's said. that's between him and emanuel's office. the ultimate result is criticized. >> exactly. so i think -- if you look at the cnn website it says it's unscripted and it doesn't look unscripted when they say we want to capture his leadership, so we need to have him -- having certain kinds of meanings. we need him in his suv talking on the cell p